Podcasts about Chicago Cultural Center

Our next guest is the Founder and Keeper of Good Things Vending. She places local art and oddities in vending machines and places them in some of the most iconic places in the city. You can find some of her machines in places like The Chicago Cultural Center, Kimball Arts Center, and The Garfield Park Conservatory. I truly enjoyed learning how she found her way to the intersection of art and vending machines as well as discussing what our role is in the grand scheme of life. Please enjoy my conversation with the wonderful Steph Krim.https://www.goodthingsvending.com/https://www.instagram.com/goodthingsvendingSupport our friends:If you'd like to try some of the kombucha we have on the show, head over to drinkrmbr.com and use the code, CURIOUS10 at checkout for 10% off. Enjoy!If you'd like to try some of the chocolate bars from Mez (Mez Foods), they've provided a code for you to use: CURIOUS15

Controversial art piece at Chicago Cultural Center called out by alderman, and more.

Controversial art piece at Chicago Cultural Center called out by alderman, and more.

Controversial art piece at Chicago Cultural Center called out by alderman, and more.

Chicago-based multidisciplinary artist Sparklmami already knows what her world looks like. Now, she's figuring out its sound. Her musical influences include ‘70s Brazilian jazz and funk, Mexican bolero and the music she listened to growing up in Texas. The artist sat down with Vocalo's Nudia Hernandez before her Oct. 24 performance at the Chicago Cultural Center to talk about curating visual and sonic identities, musical inspirations and June single “fajas.” This segment was hosted and produced by Nudia Hernandez, and edited by Morgan Ciocca. It originally aired on Vocalo Radio 91.1 FM during Nudia In the Afternoons on Thursday, Oct. 3. Dig deeper into the story at Vocalo.org, and follow us @Vocalo on Instagram, X and Facebook, or @Vocalo.radio on TikTok.

Chicago Fashion Week is back after more than a decade with 50 events across the city and surrounding suburbs, including runway shows, exhibitions, styling sessions and designer talks. Opening tonight and running through Oct. 20, Chicago Fashion Week provides a uniquely Chicago lineup starting with A Celebration of Chicago Style at the Chicago Cultural Center. Chicago Fashion Week producer Carrie Lannon stopped by the studio to discuss its return and some of the diverse programming. Learn more on chicagofashionweek.com. This segment was hosted and produced by Morgan Ciocca. Follow Vocalo on Instagram, X and Facebook at @vocalo, or TikTok @vocalo.radio. Dig deeper into the story at Vocalo.org.

Eric Von Haynes is a Chicago-based artist, printmaker, and community organizer. He founded Flatlands Press, a print studio that creates art objects and printed ephemera for artists worldwide, with a focus on community engagement. His work blends traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques, creating unique monoprints that invite viewers to reflect on time and memory. Haynes' work is characterized by his use of slow media, non-repeating patterns, and an emphasis on process-driven art. In addition to his artistic practice, Haynes is deeply involved in community-based initiatives. He co-founded The Love Fridge Chicago, a mutual aid group focused on food sovereignty, and serves as the President of the Chicago Printers Guild. His dedication to collaborative art practices extends to his residency at the Chicago Art Department, where he engages in projects that promote public participation and social connections through art. He has exhibited works like Drawn Through Restraint, a series of lithographs exploring the intersection of design, time, and memory. This exhibition included participatory workshops to engage the public in risograph printing, highlighting his commitment to blending art with community-building. https://www.flatlandspress.com/ https://www.thelovefridge.com/ https://www.chicagoprintersguild.org/ https://chicagoartdepartment.org/ https://www.tigerstrikesasteroid.com/chi-/-eric-von-haynes-drawn-through-restraint    

“Barbara Crane” au Centre Pompidou, galerie de photographies, du 11 septembre 2024 au 6 janvier 2025Entretien avec Julie Jones, conservatrice – cabinet de la photographie, Musée national d'art moderne – Centre Pompidou, et commissaire de l'exposition,par Anne-Frédérique Fer, à Paris, le 9 septembre 2024, durée 19'10,© FranceFineArt.https://francefineart.com/2024/09/26/3556_barbara-crane_centre-pompidou/Communiqué de presse Commissariat : Julie Jones, conservatrice, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre PompidouLe Centre Pompidou présente la première monographie d'envergure consacrée en Europe à Barbara Crane (née à Chicago, 1928 – 2019), photographe américaine de renommée internationale dont la carrière s'étend sur plus de soixante ans. L'exposition réunit plus de 200 oeuvres, dont une partie récemment entrée dans la collection du Musée national d'art moderne. Réalisée en partenariat avec le Barbara B. Crane Trust, elle se centre sur les 25 premières années de sa carrière, réunissant certaines de ses oeuvres majeures, dont plusieurs inédites. Auteure d'une oeuvre plurielle, Barbara Crane n'a cessé d'explorer les formes et les techniques photographiques (épreuves gélatino-argentiques et numériques, tirages instantanés – Polaroid –, transferts photographiques, tirages au platine-palladium, couleur, noir et blanc…), comme le montre la sélection de l'exposition.Formée à la photographie ainsi qu'à l'histoire de l'art au Mills College (Californie) et à la New York University, Barbara Crane devient photographe professionnelle, spécialisée en portraits. Elle continue sa formation auprès d'Aaron Siskind, à l'Institute of Design de Chicago dans les années 1960 puis enseigne la photographie à l'Art Institute de Chicago de 1967 à 1995.Son oeuvre est remarquable par la synthèse qu'elle opère entre la tradition de la straight photography américaine et une sensibilité plus expérimentale, héritée des avant-gardes européennes, typique des enseignements de l'école de Chicago. Elle associe ainsi une liberté totale envers le médium à un perfectionnisme technique qui la démarque de ses contemporains. Son approche photographique de la ville, Chicago en premier lieu, et de ses habitants anonymes en devient particulièrement singulière. Le contexte artistique dans lequel elle évolue, marqué par le structuralisme, l'art conceptuel, comme ses influences multiples – de John Cage, Henri Matisse, en passant par Merce Cunningham et le cinéma expérimental, influent sur sa pratique dominée par l'idée de séquence et de série, d'accidents et de discipline.Présente dans de nombreuses collections publiques et privées américaines, l'oeuvre de Barbara Crane est encore largement méconnue en France. Une importante rétrospective lui a été consacrée en 2009, présentée au Chicago Cultural Center, à l'Amon Carter Museum, Texas et au Griffin Museum of Photography, Massachussetts.#Catalogue de l'exposition – Barbara Crane sous la direction de Julie Jones, coédition Editions du Centre Pompidou / Atelier EXB. Textes de Paul Bernard-Jabel, Lynne Brown, Agathe Cancellieri, Barbara Crane, Philippe De Jonckheere, Julie Jones, Françoise Paviot Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Sarasota is seen by many as a testing ground for the right-wing Project 2025. But these elections sent a strong signal of pushback, and that came - in a big part - from high school students. We have that story. Next: Kamala Harris picked up the baton from Joe Biden, and the Democratic National Convention has turned into an unexpectedly spirited event. WSLR reporter Mark Warriner is in Chicago, where he caught up with Sarasota delegates, as well as protesters in the streets. Then: The City of Sarasota Commission met this week, and Ramon Lopez reports.

Pop! Squish! Six! Uh-Oh! Cicero! Lipschitz! On this episode of “Out of Office: A Travel Podcast,” the boys talk about one of their favorite cities in the US: Chicago! Perched on Lake Michigan, the city offers stellar food, world-class art and natural history, and a number of easy-to-find hidden wonders. Things we talk about in this week's episode: Chicago Architecture Tour https://www.architecture.org/tours/detail/chicago-architecture-center-river-cruise-aboard-chicago-s-first-lady/  Tiffany Dome at Chicago Cultural Center https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_culturalcenter-tiffanydome.html  Millennium Park https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/millennium_park.html  The Bean https://millenniumparkfoundation.org/art-architecture/cloud-gate/  Buckingham Fountain https://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks-facilities/clarence-f-buckingham-memorial-fountain  Crown Fountain https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_s_publicartcrownfountaininmillenniumpark.html  Wrigley Field https://www.mlb.com/cubs/ballpark  Field Museum https://www.fieldmuseum.org/  Art Institute of Chicago https://www.artic.edu/  Thorne Miniatures https://www.artic.edu/highlights/12/thorne-miniature-rooms  Robie House https://flwright.org/tour/robie-house  Hogsalt https://www.hogsalt.com/  Chicago-Style Hot Dogs https://www.bonappetit.com/story/best-hot-dogs-chicago  Chicago Pizza https://chicago.eater.com/maps/best-chicago-pizza-restaurants  Roadside America https://www.roadsideamerica.com/    “Footnotes from the Most Fascinating Museums” by Bob Eckstein https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/travel/museum-guide-bob-eckstein-illustrator.html   

Ep.204 Nina Chanel Abney (b. 1982, Harvey, IL) has been honored with solo exhibitions at the Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia (2023); the Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland (2023); the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (2022); the Gordon Parks Foundation, Pleasantville, New York (2022;traveled to Henry Art Gallery, Seattle); the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2019–21); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2018); and the Contemporary Dayton, Ohio (2021). Additionally, her solo exhibition at the Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (2017), toured to the Chicago Cultural Center; Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the California African American Museum, Los Angeles; and the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York. Abney was recently commissioned to transform Lincoln Center's new David Geffen Hall façade in New York, drawing from the cultural heritage of the neighborhood previously known as San Juan hill that comprised African American, Afro-Caribbean, and Puerto Rican families. Abney's recent public mural at the Miami World Center was similarly inspired by Overtown, a historic Black neighborhood in Miami. Abney's work is held in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Brooklyn Museum, New York; the Bronx Museum, New York; the Dallas Museum of Art, Texas; the Rubell Family Collection, Florida; the Nasher Museum of Art, North Carolina; and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; amongst others.  Photo credit: Jesper Damsgaard Lund  Artist https://ninachanel.com/ Jack Shainman https://jackshainman.com/ Chronogram  https://www.chronogram.com/hv-towns/review-nina-chanel-abneys-lie-doggo-at-jack-shainman-gallerys-the-school-20807734 Blockonomi  https://blockonomi.com/super-punk-world-nfts-face-backlash-over-focus-on-race-and-gender/ Cultured Mag https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2024/05/16/nina-chanel-abney-jack-shainman-upstate-show Air Jordan 3 Collaboration https://ninachanel.com/news/10-closer-look-at-nina-chanel-abney-s-air-jordan/ nft now https://nftnow.com/art/cryptopunks-debut-artist-residency-program-with-nina-chanel-abney/ NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/18/arts/design/abney-bey-fordjour-simmons-harlem-renaissance-met.html The Cut https://www.thecut.com/2023/11/where-nina-chanel-abney-gets-her-custom-hats.html Surface Magazine https://www.surfacemag.com/articles/scad-museum-of-art-life-affirming-power-of-personhood-fall-2023-exhibitions/ Juxtapose https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/in-session/big-butch-energy-synergy-a-conversation-with-nina-chanel-abney/ W Magazine https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/nina-chanel-abney-exhibition-big-butch-energy-artist-interview Hyperallergic https://hyperallergic.com/767955/nina-chanel-abney-jacolby-satterwhite-david-geffen-hall-lincoln-center/

“The thing that I am fighting against is the same thing that I think that the impulse to found the Lesbian Herstory Archives in 1974 was. We are in a life struggle project, which is to stop erasure and build stronger coalitions with people that are battling a lot of repression. And I think that liberatory projects absolutely depend on intergenerational knowledge sharing.” Ariel GoldbergLast year, the Jewish Museum of Maryland presented an exhibition titled Material/Inheritance: Contemporary Work by New Jewish Culture Fellows. Curated by Leora Fridman and presented in partnership with the New Jewish Culture Fellowship, this groundbreaking show featured 30 Jewish artists dealing with themes like chosen and biological family, queer and trans identities, embodiment and sexuality, diasporic homes, ritual reinventions, activist movements, political histories, and so much more.One of the artists featured in Material/Inheritance, Ariel Goldberg, contributed to the exhibition by creating an episode of the Disloyal podcast with co-hosts Mark Gunnery and Naomi Rose Weintraub. Ariel Goldberg is a writer, curator, and photographer based in New York City who curated a show titled Images on which to build, 1970s-1990s. That exhibition, which is on view at the Chicago Cultural Center through August 4, 2024, explores photographic documentation of activism, education, and media production within lesbian, trans, queer, and feminist grassroots organizing from the 1970s through the 1990s. It was commissioned by the Contemporary Art Center in Cincinnati as part of the 2022 FotoFocus Biennial, and was on view at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art in New York City last year. On this episode of Disloyal, Goldberg talks about their research into the Lesbian Herstory Archives (LHA) traveling slideshows, reading texts related to that project, and playing audio from interviews they did with the LHA's Joan Nestle and Alexis Danzig. They also spoke to Disloyal hosts Mark Gunnery and Naomi Rose Weintraub about queer imaging practices, the importance of intergenerational knowledge sharing in queer communities, and ways that images and education fit into social movements. You can see Ariel Goldberg on Tuesday, May 14, on Zoom or at the Center for New Jewish Culture in Brooklyn, New York, where they will be hosting an event called Abundant, Rich Lives: Returning to the Lesbian Herstory Archives Slideshow. Ariel will be in conversation with longtime activists Alexis Danzig and Deborah Edel about the Lesbian Herstory Archives slideshow, and they will screen clips of a recently digitized version of it. The panel will also reflect on media production within lesbian, queer, and trans grassroots organizing of the recent past and its relevance for today's social movement struggles.

We often hear about the Tribune Tower, the Chicago Cultural Center and of course the once-called Sears Tower, but do you ever wonder about the buildings that aren't aesthetically pleasing to the eye? Tour guide Mike McMains from Tours with Mike designed the Ugly Buildings Tour to highlight the eyesores that hide behind and between Chicago's famous skyscrapers and structures. Mike tells host Jacoby Cochran what makes a building ugly and his favorites.  Want some more City Cast Chicago news? Then make sure to sign up for our Hey Chicago newsletter.  Follow us @citycastchicago You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 773 780-0246 Become a member of City Cast Chicago. Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Governor JB Pritzker delivered his $53 billion budget proposal this week. Host Jacoby Cochran, freelance journalist Britt Julious, and Axios Chicago's social host Moyo Adeolu dive into some of the governor's spending plans for the state's growing migrant population, early childhood education, reproductive health, and more. Plus, we look at new regulations on the Field Museum's indigenous artifacts, the Black Girlhood Altar at the Chicago Cultural Center, and a City Cast Best of Chicago three-peat!    Some good news: Best of the Rust Belt, Black History Folk Futures Symposium Want some more City Cast Chicago news? Then make sure to sign up for our Hey Chicago newsletter.  Follow us @citycastchicago You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 773 780-0246 Become a member of City Cast Chicago. Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Born in 1969, Gina Herrera was raised in Chicago and currently resides in California. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In the course of her studies, she was deployed overseas in support of several war contingencies with the United States Army. While serving in Iraq, miles of mountainous trash heaps amidst the devastation of combat galvanized a life-long love of nature into an activist's calling. Her art practice evolved to lessen her environmental footprint, and to consciously channel Mother Earth in a spiritual and aesthetic ritual drawing from her personal affinity to nature as well as her Tesuque and Costa Rican heritage. Once her final tour was complete, she obtained her Master of Fine Arts from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Herrera has received fellowships and grants and residencies from The Harpo Foundation/Vermont Studio Center, Virginia Center for the Arts, Hambidge Center, Ox-Bow, Peripheral Arts Foundation, Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation, Puffin Foundation, Kasini House Artist Lab in conjuction with 516 Arts and the Albuquerque Museum and Self Help Graphics In 2022, she participated in the Conversations in Practice Online Residency at Ox-bow, and received a grant from the Demil Art Fund for Veterans. In 2023, she was a National Endowment for the Humanities Veteran Fellow, participating in Surviving the Long Wars 2023 Veteran's Art Summit, where her work was on display at the Chicago Cultural Center. Most recently, she was awarded the California Arts Council Established Artists Grant. She is currently creating and exhibiting work in galleries around the country, as well as exploring avenues for creating larger scale permanent public art projects, to bring her message of environmental mindfulness to even more people. Her first temporary public art installation was in residence at the Valencia Town Center in Santa Clarita, CA for the first four months of 2016, and from 2017-2019 an installation was on display at the South Bend Museum in South Bend, Indiana. In 2022, her work was featured on an episode of Bel-Air on the Peacock Network. Herrera's dedication to service extends to all aspects of her professional life – from her almost 25 years in the United States Military to educating and inspiring the next generation as an art teacher at Arvin High School and adjunct professor at Bakersfield College. "As an artist of Native American (Tesuque Pueblo) and Costa Rican heritage, I embark on a spiritual journey of self-knowledge and reflection on the planet's uncertain future. Through my art, I utilize natural materials and organic forms, such as branches, rocks, cocoons, and nests, as a juxtaposition to industrialization and environmental damage, symbolizing the somatic process of creation. Drawing from my experiences during my 25 years in the Armed Forces, where I witnessed the long-term effects of conflict and war, including the large-scale abandonment of ruined machinery by the military, I question my own practices and environmental impact. My artistic practice is deeply informed by my passion for environmental justice and involves spiritual and aesthetic rituals to honor Mother Earth. I engineer unexpected assemblages using metals and found materials, repurposing salvaged materials like plastics, fabrics, jewelry, domestic tools, bottle caps, and military insignia. The resulting sculptures are human-like yet mysterious and fluid, reminiscent of calligraphy or hieroglyphics. Dark humor and violent beauty are juxtaposed with a post-apocalyptic industrial energy through techniques such as welding, powder-coating, and plasma cutting. Like a scavenger, I play an active role in removing garbage from the landscape, preventing further damage. My artistic process is intuitive, letting the forms reveal themselves. Through my art, I aim to awaken individual and societal consciousness, examining and healing our relationship with Mother Earth. Herrera's dedication to service extends to all aspects of her professional life – from her almost 25 years in the United States Military to educating and inspiring the next generation as an art teacher at Arvin High School and adjunct professor at Bakersfield College." LINKS:  www.ginaherrera.com www.instagram.com/ginaherreraart I Like Your Work Links: Free Goal Workshop Apply to the Chautauqua School of Art Residency Program Join the Works Membership ! https://theworksmembership.com/ Watch our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ilikeyourworkpodcast Submit Your Work Check out our Catalogs! Exhibitions Studio Visit Artist Interviews I Like Your Work Podcast Say “hi” on Instagram

WTTW's Geoffrey Baer joins Wendy Snyder, filling in for Bob Sirott, to talk about his new show ‘The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago 2’ and the history of some of the buildings he visits. Some of the places he highlights are the Chicago Cultural Center and the Ruth and Sam Van Sickle Ford House.

034 – Soups that reflect comfort and culture from around the world with Blanca Valencia Born in Spain, Blanca Valencia grew up in Central America and has lived in London, China, France, Argentina and the U.S. She is a cook, teacher, writer and speaker and a former management consultant. Blanca is the author of Blasta Books 5 Soup. She has a Grand Diplome from London's Le Cordon Bleu and an MA in Gastronomy and Food Studies and her experience includes running the test kitchen Books For Cooks (London), a stage at elBullihotel (Seville, Spain), and running the school at Alambique (Madrid). She collaborates regularly with the Spanish Commercial Offices and Cervantes Institutes in the U.S. and Ireland. Blanca loves to help others, especially teaching young children to cook. Her experience includes working with Common Threads, Purple Asparagus, the City of Madrid, and the Chicago Cultural Center. ​   Blanca's top tips to help improve your health are: 1.     Cook more legumes 2.     Get souper cubes 3.     Eat more soups that aren't blended and have more fibre Website  https://www.spicebags.ie/   Instagram https://www.instagram.com/blancsvalencia/   Twitter https://twitter.com/spicebagpodcast   Check out her past interview on my podcast, episode 5 all about Spanish food. https://chrt.fm/track/A1GF91/traffic.libsyn.com/fionastaunton/Blanca_Final.mp3       ABOUT THE HOST - Fiona Staunton Fiona Staunton is a Ballymaloe trained Chef and has a Degree in Education from Trinity. Fiona's Food For Life' launched 2017 with the slogan ‘Cook, Eat, Nourish'. Fiona launched a series of in-person and virtual demonstrations, she makes cooking good food uncomplicated. More details on the website https://www.fionasfoodforlife.ie/ WORK WITH FIONA For cookery demos in real time, virtual or in person, or for speaking opportunities contact Fiona https://www.fionasfoodforlife.ie/contact KEEP UPDATED For recipes and tips, sign up to Fiona's fortnightly newsletter https://fionasfoodforlife.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=9e955bef00cdcb369709cc123&id=4a83a7441e CONNECT WITH FIONA https://linktr.ee/fionasfoodforlife DISCLAIMER The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast belong solely to the host and guest speakers. Please conduct your own due diligence        

Katherine Sherwood's work is an embodiment of her ideals as a feminist and reflect her personal experience with disability. In 1997, at the age of 44, she had a cerebral hemorrhage which paralyzed the right side of her body. Teaching herself how to paint again using her non-dominant hand was part of her healing process. Her recent Brain Flowers series of mixed media paintings on the reverse of antique art historical prints include collages of cerebral angiograms of her own brain. As part of her mission to bring attention to underrecognized women painters, Sherwood repaints vanitas paintings by 17th century Dutch and Baroque women artists, in which still lives with fading flowers suggest the brevity of life and the vanity of earthly achievements. Sherwood was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1952. She received a BA from the University of California, Davis, in 1975, and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1979. She is Professor Emerita of Painting at the UC Berkeley Department of Art Practice, where she taught painting and drawing, developed two groundbreaking courses; Art, Medicine and Disability and Art and Meditation, and played an active role in the expansion of the Disability Studies program. She serveson the board of Creative Growth Art Center in Oakland, which serves artists with developmental disabilities by providing a supportive studio environment and gallery representation. Sherwood's work has been exhibited in the 2000 Whitney Museum Biennial, at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in 2003 and 2009, and at the Smithsonian in 2010. Recent solo exhibitions include Anglim/Trimble in San Francisco, George Adams Gallery in New York, and Walter Maciel Gallery in Los Angeles. She had a retrospective exhibition at Worth Ryder Art Gallery at UC Berkeley in 2016. The relevance of her work to medicine and brain science has led to her participation in “Visionary Anatomies” at the National Academy of Science in Washington DC, “Inside Out Loud: Visualizing Women's Health in Contemporary Art” at the Kemper Museum in St. Louis, “Human Being” at the Chicago Cultural Center,and a solo exhibition “Golgi's Door” at the National Academy of Sciences in 2007. She co-curated the exhibition “Blind at the Museum” at the Berkeley Art Museum. Sherwood was the recipient of a 1989 National Endowment for the Arts Grant, 1999 Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, 2005 Guggenheim Fellowship, 2006 Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, and 2012 Newhouse Foundation Grant. Her work is in many major public collections including the Ford Foundation, New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California; the National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC; and the University of Missouri, Columbia, among others. She published a chapter, “Out of the Blue: Art, Disability and Yelling,” in the book Contemporary Art and Disability Studies (Routledge Press, 2019). She is represented by George Adams Gallery in New York, Walter Maciel Gallery in Los Angeles, and Anglim/Trimble Gallery in San Francisco. She lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. Katherine Sherwood Pandemic Madonna (Lucas Cranach the Elder), 2022 Mixed media on found print 29 x 21 inches, © Katherine Sherwood, courtesy George Adams Gallery, New York. Photo: Dana Davis. Katherine Sherwood Venus After De Obidos, 2019-2022 Mixed media on found cotton duck 77 x 91 inches, © Katherine Sherwood, courtesy George Adams Gallery, New York. Photo: Dana Davis. Bread and Brains (After Josefa de Obidos), 2022 Mixed media on found cotton duck 25 1/2 x 60 inches, © Katherine Sherwood, courtesy George Adams Gallery, New York. Photo: Dana Davis.

This week Brian and Duncan muse about color with design duo Luftwerk. The Chicago-based collaborative Petra Bachmaier & Sean Gallero entrance us into their series of sculptural light installations using botanical pigments and dynamic lights currently on view at the Chicago Cultural Center.

Selina Trepp—visual musician, collage animist, radical recycler—talks time, process, performance, material and more on the occasion of An Instrument in the Shape of a Woman at the Chicago Cultural Center. Our dynamic and inspired conversation zooms through the multiplicities of ways Selina's playful practice breaks open the forms and formats she's drawn to (and drawing on). Once again we're joined by curator Annie Morse and the ambient sounds of meaning being made and publics being formed.    https://selinatrepp.info/home.html https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/instrument.html  

Socially engaged watercolor sampler and plein air painter extraordinaire Leslie Baum and curator Annie Morse join us for part two of our series interviewing the three artists featured in An Instrument in the Shape of a Woman at the Chicago Cultural Center. Baum's sumptuous, joyous paintings are attended in this exhibition by a "pedagogical shelf", a vitrine that runs perpendicular (both physically and conceptually) to her work, revealing the nestled, intimate process by which they are made.    https://www.lesliebaum.net/ https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/instrument.html

Today, your Bad at Sportscenterers take refuge in Diane Christiansen's room at the Chicago Cultural Center's exhibition An Instrument in the Shape of a Woman. Her enrapturing paintings and animations play tricks in the cosmic sands as we feel and laugh our way through the existential biggies, buoyed by bodies, icons and acorns. Curator Annie Morse helps lead our sense of the exhibition and takes us through the long, pandemic-wrought fraughtness that permeates the space. Part one of a three part series!   https://rulegallery.com/artist/diane-christiansen/ https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/instrument.html   image: Diane Christiansen, Last Days of Capitalism, 2020, Gouache, acrylic, ink and plaster on paper, 55 x 50 in.

Capítulo 034: On this episode of Ocu-Pasión we are joined by writer, actor, singer and producer, Sandra Delgado. Listen in as we discuss reimagining Latin history on stage and creating  the Sandra Delgado Experience: "A big band music spectacular with a lil bit of dancing, a lil bit of storytelling and a whole lot of joy."Sandra Delgado is a Colombian-American writer, actor, singer and producer born and raised in Chicago. She is best known for her play La Havana Madrid, which enjoyed sold-out runs at Steppenwolf and Goodman Theatre, and most recently in a co-production with Teatro Vista and Collaboraction. It was featured in the New York Times and CNN, received recognition as one of the best plays of 2017 by New City Chicago and Time Out Chicago, the Time-Out Audience Award for Best New Work, and the Alliance of Latinx Theatre Artists (ALTA) Award for Best Production.  Sandra is also a respected veteran of the stage, with a career spanning two decades. In addition to her work at artistic homes, Teatro Vista and Collaboraction, she has been seen on stages across Chicago including The Goodman Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, Victory Gardens and About Face. Recent highlights include the titular role in La Havana Madrid, La Ruta at Steppenwolf and starring off-Broadway in the Public Theatre's production of Oedipus el Rey as Jocasta.  Sandra is a 2021 United States Artists Fellow, serves on the board of the Chicago Public Library, served on the City of Chicago's Cultural Advisory Council (2019-2021) and is a resident playwright at Chicago Dramatists. She is an Illinois Arts Council Fellow in Literature, a recipient of the 3Arts Award, the Joyce Award, The Theater Communications Group (TCG) Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship in the Extraordinary Potential Category, a three-time Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events grantee, and a 3Arts 3AP Project Grantee, and received the 2017 Latina Professional of the Year Award from the Chicago Latino Network. Ms. Delgado is Goodman's Playwrights Unit and a TCG Young Leader of Color Alum. She is one of the twenty women of Chicago arts and culture honored in Kerry James Marshall's mural RUSH MORE on the facade of the Chicago Cultural Center.Her latest project, The Sandra Delgado Experience, a fusion of music and storytelling will premiere this spring. Follow Sandra:Website: https://www.sandradelgado.net/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yosoysandradelgado/https://linktr.ee/ms.sandradelgadoOcu-Pasión Podcast is a heartfelt interview series showcasing the experiences of artists and visionaries within the Latin American/ Latinx community hosted by Delsy Sandoval. Join us as we celebrate culture & creativity through thoughtful dialogue where guests from all walks of life are able to authentically express who they are and connect in ways listeners have not heard before.Delsy Sandoval is the Host and Executive Producer of Ocu-Pasión. If you want to support the podcast, please rate and review the show here. You can also get in touch with Delsy at www.ocupasionpodcast.comFollow Ocu-Pasión on Instagram: @ocupasionpodcast www.instagram.com/ocupasionpodcastJoin the Ocu-Pasión Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/5160180850660613/Visit www.ocupasionpodcast.com for more episodes.https://linktr.ee/Ocupasionpodc

Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. In this first episode of our season 19, Wattz Up! broadcasted LIVE at the Chicago Cultural Center, straight outta local art shop Buddy Chicago, for the Reopening of the Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall and Rotunda. We interview very special guests like Erin Harkey of DCASE, resident Chicago historian Tim Samuelson, Buddy director Stella Brown, artist Damon Lamar Reed and more!

The Geography of Home includes interviews with artists and curators who use research and historical data to shed light on inequities for Black homeowners and residents of public housing. Our first guest, Tonika Lewis Johnson, is a photographer, social justice artist and life-long resident of Chicago's South Side neighborhood of Englewood. She is also co-founder of the Englewood Arts Collective and Resident Association of Greater Englewood, which seek to reframe the narrative of South Side communities, and mobilize people and resources for positive change. Tonika's art often explores urban segregation, documenting the nuance and richness of the Black community to counter media depictions of Chicago's violence. In 2017, she was recognized by Chicago Magazine as a Chicagoan of the Year for her photography of Englewood's everyday beauty. Her Englewood-based photography projects "From the INside," and "Everyday Rituals," were exhibited at Rootwork Gallery in Pilsen, the Chicago Cultural Center, the Harold Washington Library Center and at Loyola University's Museum of Art (LUMA). LUMA also exhibited her Folded Map project in 2018, which visually investigates disparities among “map twins”—Chicago residents who live on opposite ends of the same streets across the city's racial and economic divides—and brings them together to have a conversation. An excerpt of the project was also displayed at the Museum of Contemporary Art within The Long Dream exhibition.  In 2019, she was named one of Field Foundation's Leaders for a New Chicago. Most recently, Tonika was selected as the National Public Housing Museum's 2021 Artist as Instigator. Her newest project, Inequity for Sale,  highlights the living history of Greater Englewood homes sold on Land Sale Contracts in the 50s and 60s. Tiff Beatty is a cultural organizer, arts administrator, performance poet, and host. She is the current program director of arts, culture, and public policy at National Public Housing Museum in Chicago. Tiff Beatty was a 2019-2021 Chicago United for Equity Fellow and Senior Fellow and received the additional distinction of the 2019 Field Leader Award from the Field Foundation of Illinois. Her work has been covered by The New York Times, Crain's Chicago Business, Ebony Magazine, Chicago Tribune and several other local and national media.  Learn more about our featured music artist, PHENOM, at phenomuniversal.com. This episode includes an abridged version of his song, PHEGODOH.Folded Map ProjectNational Public Housing Museum

Beth Bradfish is a sound artist, currently in the process of curating an installation at the Chicago Cultural Center.  She began playing piano at the age of 7 and became quite accomplished; she studied music theory and piano through high school and into college.  It was at that point that she pivoted and became a folk singer travelling around Europe during her sophomore year of college.  She then took more than 20 years off of music while she pursued other interests and a career.  Fast forward to 2013 when she went back to school for music theory, getting both a bachelor's degree and MFA in Music.  Her symphony composition career morphed into an interest in natural sounds and thus began her work as a sound Artist.  You'll just have to listen to get a real sense of her art.  :) 

Sound Ecology is a continuation of our Season 2 theme, Art Meets Science. In this episode we experience the work of sound artists and musicians. We're moving at a meditative pace and providing listeners with a contemplative, relaxing experience. First up will be a six minute sound experience entitled "Shivering Sands," the contemplative ambient music project of singer-songwriter Angela James and multi-instrumentalist Jordan Martins. After "Shivering Sands" is an interview with sound artist, Norman W. Long, followed by his sound piece entitled "Expanded Field." Norman's practice involves walking, listening, improvising, performing, recording and composing to create environments and situations in which he and the audience are engaged in dialogues about memory, place, ecology, culture, race, value, silence and the invisible. Norman Long has performed and exhibited at Experimental Sound Studio, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Links Hall, Elastic Arts,Green Line Performing Arts Center, Chicago Humanities Festival, Chicago Cultural Center and 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial. Norman has performed with Damon Locks, Tatsuya Nakatani, Cher Jey, Sara Zalek, Cristal Sabbagh, Xris Espinoza, Adam Zanolini, Dan Bitney and Todd Carter and performed and toured with Angel Bat Dawid and the Brothahood. He has released his compositions on Hausu Mountain, Reserve Matinee and Room40 labels. His latest release, BLACK BROWN GRAY GREEN, was released in September 2021 on Hausu Mountain.The Pivot Arts Podcast is created and produced by Julieanne Ehre with sound engineering by Hannah Foerschler and original music composed by Andrew Hansen. Generous support for the podcast is provided by FLATS, a Chicago-based apartment community. For more information on Pivot Arts visit pivotarts.org.

Some time in the spring of 1970, after seeing the Broadway musical, “Company,” I wrote its composer/lyricist, Stephen Sondheim, simply to tell him how highly I thought of his show.That began 51 years of correspondence between us.I might write a letter of a few paragraphs and he would respond with a sentence. But what a sentence. Each word had meaning. And there nearly always was a response.In 1971, I mentioned to him how unfortunate it was that the original cast recording of “Follies” didn't contain all of the show's songs.   In response, he sent me, on two cassette tapes, the entire show, made with a recorder he personally planted on the stage, out of sight.In 2002, the Lyric Opera of Chicago invited me to interview him when “Sweeney Todd” opened there. On that cold November night there was a line out the door of the Cultural Center. One of the city's newspapers, reviewing our conversation, called me “the right man for the job.” In fact, it was Stephen who made it work. He was gracious, humorous, forthcoming and quite revealing about his art.  It was the first I knew of his admiration of the works of Bernard Herrmann including the score for the 1945 movie “Hangover Square” which influenced “Sweeney Todd.”  Attached is our interview, courtesy of Lyric Opera of Chicago.A few months later, for the New York City Opera I hosted a panel with him at the Guggenheim Museum to discuss his “A Little Night Music.” He didn't want to be there. A water pipe had just burst in his apartment, and the damage was consequential, especially to his antique puzzle collection. In the green room, knowing I was an attorney, he asked me about insurance coverage, deductibles and subrogation, a far cry from “Night Music.”I remember two "Sondheimisms" from that night: First, when we were introduced and took our places, he whispered, in a good-natured attempt to fluster me, “Remember, Phil, this isn't ‘Sweeney Todd'.” And when the discussion was ending, and I was thanking the panel-members and saying “good night,” he so adroitly bent my ear, “Thank the pianist.” He sensed that I would have overlooked him, and he was right. He saved me from an embarrassment.There are very few people in one's lifetime who leave their mark. And to get to know them personally is a high honor. Stephen Sondheim left his mark, and for that I will be forever grateful. His last words to me were on a video he sent me a year ago: “Happy Birthday, Phil, and keep doing it ‘til you get it right.”He always got it right.

Self-Portrait Ian Weaver is an Artist and Professor at Saint Mary's College, South Bend, IN. His M.F.A. is from Washington University in St Louis (2008). He has exhibited at the South Bend Museum of Art; The Chicago Cultural Center; the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art; and Saint Louis Art Museum. His residencies include Bemis Center for the Contemporary Arts; Ox-Bow; the ISCP Residency, New York; and Yaddo and the Millay Colony, both in upstate NY. Awards include the Stone and DeGuire Contemporary Art Award; Artadia and the Joan Mitchell Foundation, both based in NY; and the Illinois Arts Council.

ArTEEtude Shop https://www.arteetude.com/shop/Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/arteetude-west-cork-s-first-art-fashion-design-podcast/id1527081647Spotify Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/3eBv4E5qgW8Vot0oojAr1tIn this ArTEEtude podcast episode Detlef Schlich talks with visual artist Julia Haw about her growing up in Michigan. About how helpful it can be to grow up as the daughter of a farmer and a teacher, the difficulties and advantages for an artist in the digital age, her journey from India to Salt Lake City, the Capital of the Mormons, the current situation in Cambodia and more.ArTEEtude is West Cork´s first art, fashion and design podcast created and produced by Detlef Schlich. Schlich operates with his podcast cross-sectorally. For him, a visual artist has to think transversely instead of just enjoying the luxury of being the antagonist. To drive the narrative and to be a protagonist, he will dive and discover with us into the unknown and exciting deep ocean of the creative mind. Julia Haw splits her time between Brooklyn, New York and Siem Reap, Cambodia. She is an oil painter and writer living in Brooklyn, NY. She received her education at Western Michigan University and graduated in 2006 with a Bachelors degree in painting. Haw works primarily in oil paint on cotton, and since 2006 has committed to addressing issues surrounding feminism, ageism, marginalized communities, intimacy, death, and overlooked societal “norms.” Her paintings have encouraged thorough discussion and inquiry amongst viewers, bringing a sense of public forum forth. Haw's work has been exhibited internationally in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and in the U.S. at the Chicago Cultural Center, IL State Museum, P.S. 1 Biennale (New Orleans), and galleries located in New York, Michigan, Illinois and Louisiana.Haw has been invited as a lecturer at CUNY and recurring lecturer at Western Michigan University, and currently instructs workshops at The Art Students League of New York. The artist splits her time between Brooklyn, New York and Siem Reap, Cambodia.Detlef Schlich is Podcaster, Visual Artist, Film Maker and Ritual Designer, living and loving in West Cork and best known for his Essay about the Cause and Effect of Shamanism, Art and Digital Culture and the video installation Transodin´s Tragedy. He is mainly working in the field of performance, photography, painting, sound, installations, and film. To research our human condition and create artwork from this reflection he is using often the methodology of the digital shaman as alter ego.WEBSITE LINKSInstagramDetlef Schlich ArTEEtude I love West Cork Artists FacebookDetlef Schlich I love West Cork Artists Group ArTEEtudeYouTube Channelsvisual PodcastArTEEtudeCute Alien TV official WebsiteArTEEtude Detlef Schlich Det Design Tribal Loop Download here for free Detlef Schlich´s Essay about the Cause and Effect of Shamanism, Art and Digital Culturehttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/303749640_Shamanism_Art_and_Digital_Culture_Cause_and_EffectLinks Julia Haw: Instagram: @Julia_haw Website www.juliahaw.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvG8IacQ7RbnLC5s7PLJD5A Julias´ Read: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjalihttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Yoga-Sutras-Patanjali/dp/1516895126/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=The+Yoga+Sutras+of+Patanjali&qid=1633210998&qsid=260-8333904-4206459&sr=8-3&sres=1938477073%2C1846042836%2C1516895126%2C0865477361%2CB086PVRVXY%2C0932040284%2CB08MHRRJZS%2C1578637309%2CB07MQ2C4PJ%2CB01FIYPQEM%2C0486836797%2C1517543622%2C0932040578%2CB008CBDJ7U%2C812082069X%2CB09HNGJWTH&srpt=ABIS_BOOKWorld Saving Art Performance:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4nCQpskf2cDet´s Read: Nietzsche und Wagner: Geschichte einer Hassliebehttps://www.amazon.de/-/en/Kerstin-Decker/dp/3548611982/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=wagner+nietzsche&qid=1633211258&sr=8-3Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/arteetude-a-podcast-with-artists-by-detlef-schlich/donations

ArTEEtude Shop https://www.arteetude.com/shop/Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/arteetude-west-cork-s-first-art-fashion-design-podcast/id1527081647Spotify Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/3eBv4E5qgW8Vot0oojAr1tIn this ArTEEtude podcast episode Detlef Schlich talks with visual artist Julia Haw about her growing up in Michigan. About how helpful it can be to grow up as the daughter of a farmer and a teacher, the difficulties and advantages for an artist in the digital age, her journey from India to Salt Lake City, the Capital of the Mormons, the current situation in Cambodia and more.ArTEEtude is West Cork´s first art, fashion and design podcast created and produced by Detlef Schlich. Schlich operates with his podcast cross-sectorally. For him, a visual artist has to think transversely instead of just enjoying the luxury of being the antagonist. To drive the narrative and to be a protagonist, he will dive and discover with us into the unknown and exciting deep ocean of the creative mind. Julia Haw splits her time between Brooklyn, New York and Siem Reap, Cambodia. She is an oil painter and writer living in Brooklyn, NY. She received her education at Western Michigan University and graduated in 2006 with a Bachelors degree in painting. Haw works primarily in oil paint on cotton, and since 2006 has committed to addressing issues surrounding feminism, ageism, marginalized communities, intimacy, death, and overlooked societal “norms.” Her paintings have encouraged thorough discussion and inquiry amongst viewers, bringing a sense of public forum forth. Haw's work has been exhibited internationally in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and in the U.S. at the Chicago Cultural Center, IL State Museum, P.S. 1 Biennale (New Orleans), and galleries located in New York, Michigan, Illinois and Louisiana.Haw has been invited as a lecturer at CUNY and recurring lecturer at Western Michigan University, and currently instructs workshops at The Art Students League of New York. The artist splits her time between Brooklyn, New York and Siem Reap, Cambodia.Detlef Schlich is Podcaster, Visual Artist, Film Maker and Ritual Designer, living and loving in West Cork and best known for his Essay about the Cause and Effect of Shamanism, Art and Digital Culture and the video installation Transodin´s Tragedy. He is mainly working in the field of performance, photography, painting, sound, installations, and film. To research our human condition and create artwork from this reflection he is using often the methodology of the digital shaman as alter ego.WEBSITE LINKSInstagramDetlef Schlich ArTEEtude I love West Cork Artists FacebookDetlef Schlich I love West Cork Artists Group ArTEEtudeYouTube Channelsvisual PodcastArTEEtudeCute Alien TV official WebsiteArTEEtude Detlef Schlich Det Design Tribal Loop Download here for free Detlef Schlich´s Essay about the Cause and Effect of Shamanism, Art and Digital Culturehttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/303749640_Shamanism_Art_and_Digital_Culture_Cause_and_EffectLinks Julia Haw: Instagram: @Julia_haw Website www.juliahaw.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvG8IacQ7RbnLC5s7PLJD5A Julias´ Read: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjalihttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Yoga-Sutras-Patanjali/dp/1516895126/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=The+Yoga+Sutras+of+Patanjali&qid=1633210998&qsid=260-8333904-4206459&sr=8-3&sres=1938477073%2C1846042836%2C1516895126%2C0865477361%2CB086PVRVXY%2C0932040284%2CB08MHRRJZS%2C1578637309%2CB07MQ2C4PJ%2CB01FIYPQEM%2C0486836797%2C1517543622%2C0932040578%2CB008CBDJ7U%2C812082069X%2CB09HNGJWTH&srpt=ABIS_BOOKWorld Saving Art Performance:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4nCQpskf2cDet´s Read: Nietzsche und Wagner: Geschichte einer Hassliebehttps://www.amazon.de/-/en/Kerstin-Decker/dp/3548611982/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=wagner+nietzsche&qid=1633211258&sr=8-3Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/arteetude-a-podcast-with-artists-by-detlef-schlich/donations

ArTEEtude Shop https://www.arteetude.com/shop/Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/arteetude-west-cork-s-first-art-fashion-design-podcast/id1527081647Spotify Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/3eBv4E5qgW8Vot0oojAr1tIn this ArTEEtude podcast episode Detlef Schlich talks with visual artist Julia Haw about her growing up in Michigan. About how helpful it can be to grow up as the daughter of a farmer and a teacher, the difficulties and advantages for an artist in the digital age, her journey from India to Salt Lake City, the Capital of the Mormons, the current situation in Cambodia and more.ArTEEtude is West Cork´s first art, fashion and design podcast created and produced by Detlef Schlich. Schlich operates with his podcast cross-sectorally. For him, a visual artist has to think transversely instead of just enjoying the luxury of being the antagonist. To drive the narrative and to be a protagonist, he will dive and discover with us into the unknown and exciting deep ocean of the creative mind. Julia Haw splits her time between Brooklyn, New York and Siem Reap, Cambodia. She is an oil painter and writer living in Brooklyn, NY. She received her education at Western Michigan University and graduated in 2006 with a Bachelors degree in painting. Haw works primarily in oil paint on cotton, and since 2006 has committed to addressing issues surrounding feminism, ageism, marginalized communities, intimacy, death, and overlooked societal “norms.” Her paintings have encouraged thorough discussion and inquiry amongst viewers, bringing a sense of public forum forth. Haw's work has been exhibited internationally in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and in the U.S. at the Chicago Cultural Center, IL State Museum, P.S. 1 Biennale (New Orleans), and galleries located in New York, Michigan, Illinois and Louisiana.Haw has been invited as a lecturer at CUNY and recurring lecturer at Western Michigan University, and currently instructs workshops at The Art Students League of New York. The artist splits her time between Brooklyn, New York and Siem Reap, Cambodia.Detlef Schlich is Podcaster, Visual Artist, Film Maker and Ritual Designer, living and loving in West Cork and best known for his Essay about the Cause and Effect of Shamanism, Art and Digital Culture and the video installation Transodin´s Tragedy. He is mainly working in the field of performance, photography, painting, sound, installations, and film. To research our human condition and create artwork from this reflection he is using often the methodology of the digital shaman as alter ego.WEBSITE LINKSInstagramDetlef Schlich ArTEEtude I love West Cork Artists FacebookDetlef Schlich I love West Cork Artists Group ArTEEtudeYouTube Channelsvisual PodcastArTEEtudeCute Alien TV official WebsiteArTEEtude Detlef Schlich Det Design Tribal Loop Download here for free Detlef Schlich´s Essay about the Cause and Effect of Shamanism, Art and Digital Culturehttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/303749640_Shamanism_Art_and_Digital_Culture_Cause_and_EffectLinks Julia Haw: Instagram: @Julia_haw Website www.juliahaw.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvG8IacQ7RbnLC5s7PLJD5A Julias´ Read: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjalihttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Yoga-Sutras-Patanjali/dp/1516895126/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=The+Yoga+Sutras+of+Patanjali&qid=1633210998&qsid=260-8333904-4206459&sr=8-3&sres=1938477073%2C1846042836%2C1516895126%2C0865477361%2CB086PVRVXY%2C0932040284%2CB08MHRRJZS%2C1578637309%2CB07MQ2C4PJ%2CB01FIYPQEM%2C0486836797%2C1517543622%2C0932040578%2CB008CBDJ7U%2C812082069X%2CB09HNGJWTH&srpt=ABIS_BOOK World Saving Art Performance:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4nCQpskf2cDet´s Read: Nietzsche und Wagner: Geschichte einer Hassliebehttps://www.amazon.de/-/en/Kerstin-Decker/dp/3548611982/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=wagner+nietzsche&qid=1633211258&sr=8-3 Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/arteetude-a-podcast-with-artists-by-detlef-schlich/donations

On this edition of The Arts Section, host Gary Zidek takes a closer look at a Chicago non-profit's discovery of a long lost silent film that will be screened in front of in-person audience for the first time in 98 years. The Dueling Critics, Kerry Reid and Jonathan Abarbanel, stop by to talk about a new production of MR. BURNS: A POST ELECTRIC PLAY. Later, Gary visits two of Chicago's biggest summer exhibits, both focus on the city's connection to the world of comics. Hear all about the Chicago Cultural Center and Museum of Contemporary Art exhibits.

  …meanwhile, in the least mysterious city on the planet (apparently Chicago), Duncan and Ryan panel with the overmodest Artist/Cartoonist Chris Ware and Chicago's cultural historian emeritus Tim Samuelson about the storied origins of the Chicago comic scene. In this harrowing episode our protagonists discuss a triumvirate of collaborative projects: the Chicago Cultural Center's, “Chicago: Where Comics Came to Life 1880-1960”, the forthcoming exhibit at Wrightwood 659 “Romanticism to Ruin: Two Lost Works of Sulliv an and Wright”, and an eponymous interminable exhibition of Samuelson's personal historical ephemera curated by Ware at the Chicago Cultural Center.

The history of comics in Chicago is so expansive that there needed to be two separate exhibitions dedicated to it: one at the Chicago Cultural Center and another at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Reset learns more about how comics came to life in Chicago and what makes the city a special place for cartoonists and other artists.

A new exhibit titled “Chicago: Where Comics Came to Life (1880-1960)” at the Chicago Cultural Center is diving deep into the long history of comic strips in the Windy City and how Chicago became the spiritual heart of the art form. Exhibit curator and Chicago’s premier cultural historian Tim Samuelson joins John Landecker to talk […]

This week on the B@S, Stella Brown and Nick Wylie join Jesse and Brian to talk about Buddy — the new artist-run shop/gallery/venue at the Chicago Cultural Center that features works and products by more than 220 artists — and Co-Prosperity Catskill — the new exhibition space in the Hudson Valley. These two new projects from the Public Media Institute, whose many many include WLPN, Lumpen Magazine, Lumpen TV and the Co-Prosperity space in Bridgeport, extend the ever-shifting and growing publicnesses that amplify, support and nurture so many artists and thinkers in our city. We talk about the realms of the possible, the concept of the public and end up making an ad (-vertisement and -vocacy) for Chicago in many acts.  

Kathryn Rodrigues talked about being a 3rd culture kid, growing up in many countries and returning to the U.S. as a teenager, but not feeling at home. I loved how she talked about the space of transition, that time in motion and trying to capture that feeling in her work. She also shone a light on the world of freelance teaching artists, balancing teaching with art-making and parenting. Kathryn talked about the structure of her teaching time before the pandemic and how she brought the city of Chicago into the classroom through field trips to art venues as well as sharing local artists, working to create equity and improve access to cultural resources. She shared the idea of curriculum development centered around local BIPOC artists, rather than including them as an exception to the white-centered curriculum. That brought up a great question we can all ask ourselves - what is at the center of your teaching? Kathryn Rodrigues is a Chicago based artist and educator. She was born in Georgia and within weeks was on the move to her family's next destination. Her family moved to 10 different locations within the next 13 years, including Brazil, Mozambique, Portugal and Germany, before finally settling in Illinois. Being raised as a “third-culture kid” left her with a deep interest in cultural identity, notions of belonging and longing, domestic life, and the natural world. She often uses both visual and symbolic systems of mapping in her work as a way to express her interior life and navigate the world around her. Her work represents an investigation of and a reflection on the collection of experiences and memories that shape her identity. Kathryn received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from the University of Illinois and a Master of Science in Art Education from the Massachusetts College of Art. She has taught courses for children and adults at the Massachusetts College of Art, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and Marwen. Exhibition highlights include the Chicago Cultural Center, Copley Society of Art, Woman Made Gallery, Midwest Center for Photography, Spilt Milk Gallery, Open House Contemporary and ARC Gallery. Blog post with images and more links: https://www.teachingartistpodcast.com/episode-62-kathryn-rodrigues/ www.kathrynrodrigues.com @kathryn.rodrigues . . . Follow: @teachingartistpodcast @pottsart @playinspiregallery Check out the featured artists: https://www.teachingartistpodcast.com/featured-artists/ Teaching The Truth Artist Talks sign up form: https://forms.gle/Tk3VDUCo9cdCGHCW7 Apply to do an IG Takeover @teachingartistpodcast: https://forms.gle/TqurTB9wvykPDbKZ6 Support this podcast. Subscribe, leave a review, or see more ways to support here (https://www.teachingartistpodcast.com/support/). We also offer opportunities for artists! (https://www.teachingartistpodcast.com/opportunities/) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/teachingartistpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/teachingartistpodcast/support

Episode 60 features Candida Alvarez. She is the 2021 recipient of the FCA Helen Frankenthaler award for painting and visual arts. Her works include drawings, paintings, prints, and collages that are created with materials as diverse as acrylic paint, colored pencils, enamel, and embroidery thread on cloth, on various supports ranging from canvas to PVC, cotton napkins to vellum. Alvarez’s solo exhibitions include Mambomountain, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL (2012); Candida Alvarez: Here, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL (2017); DeColores, GAVLAK, Palm Beach, FL (2019); and Estoy Bien, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, IL (2020). Her many group exhibitions include Brooklyn Museum, NY; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX; DePaul Art Museum, Chicago; El Museo del Barrio, New York ; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO; Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.; Queens Museum, NY; and Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA, among others. Her work is in the collections of El Museo del Barrio, the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Addison Gallery of American Art, the DePaul Art Museum, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Prior to her FCA award, Candida received a Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant (2019), a Regional Fellowship from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation (1988), New York State Council on the Arts/New York Foundation for the Arts Artist Fellowship (1986), and a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (1994). In 1980, she participated in the International Studio and Workspace Program at MoMA PS1, and in 1985, she was an Artist-in-Residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (1981) and was a resident artist at MacDowell (1986). Alvarez received her B.F.A. from Fordham University and her M.F.A. from Yale School of Art. She is the F.H. Sellers Professor in Painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Candida Alvarez is represented by Monique Meloche, Chicago and GAVLAK Palm Beach/Los Angeles. Artist website https://www.candidaalvarez.com https://www.candidaalvarez.com/news Monique Meloche Gallery https://www.moniquemeloche.com/artists/33-candida-alvarez/works/ Foundation for Contemporary Arts https://www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org/recipients/candida-alvarez WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/el-museo-del-barrio-hosts-first-triennial-exhibition-11615325292 Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candida_Alvarez El Museo del Barrio https://www.elmuseo.org/la-trienal/ Art News `https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/breaking-art-industry-news-january-2021-week-4-1234582112/ Hyde Park Art Center https://www.hydeparkart.org/exhibition-archive/candida-alvarez-mambomountain/

Mark, Elvis, and Carlos interviewed Amy Tardif, Regional Manager at the StoryCorps StoryBooth in the Chicago Cultural Center. The mission of StoryCorps is to preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world. This basically means that when we listen to people tell stories about their lives, we can understand where they're coming from better -- even if they are different from us or we don't agree with them. This interview was recorded at our school in 2019. Due to the COVID pandemic, the StoryBooth at the Chicago Cultural Center is closed at the time of release. But you can sign up to record a conversation with a loved one remotely in their “virtual recording booth” with the help of someone from StoryCorps, who will guide you step-by-step. Learn more about StoryCorps and book an appointment to interview someone you know here.   Listen to personal stories recorded through StoryCorps here or subscribe to their podcast in your favorite podcast app.   On season 5 of Power Your Story, we are talking all about making podcasts. This episode covers interviewing, listening, and storytelling skills. *** http://www.PowerYourStoryPodcast.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/poweryourstorypodcast Instagram: @PowerYourStoryPodcast YouTube: After School Matters - Power Your Story Podcast *** Power Your Story is produced by students at Ray Graham Training Center High School in Chicago. We represent diverse voices, telling our real life stories through the power of podcasting technology. Each season features a new group of student producers under the mentorship of producer, Andrea Klunder of The Creative Impostor Studios, creating personal journals, interviews, and educational pieces about the topics that matter most to us. Season 5 is produced by Alfred, Aliyah, Brandon, Carlos, Christobel, Edward, Elvis, Justus, Joel, Juan, Keyanna, Maritza, Mark, Miguel, and Zamire. Our theme music is by DJ Sparkz.

Hosted by Kevin Coval and Idris Goodwin, The BreakBeat Poets Live is a virtual, multi-generational showcase of some of the illest writers on the planet rock. Each chapter features writers and performers who are part of the Haymarket Books family. --- Kevin Coval is a poet and author of A People's History of Chicago and over ten other collections, anthologies, and chapbooks. ​He is the founder and editor of the BreakBeat Poets series for Haymarket Books, artistic director for Young Chicago Authors, and the founder of Louder than a Bomb: The Chicago Youth Poetry Festival. --- Idris Goodwin is the playwright, producer, educator, who coined the term “breakbeat poet.” He is the author of Can I Kick It? and the Pushcart–nominated collection These Are the Breaks. His publications also include Inauguration, cowritten with Nico Wilkinson, and Human Highlight: An Ode to Dominique Wilkins and This Is Modern Art, both cowritten with Kevin Coval. --- Comprised of two gifted musicians, The O'My's channel their experiences and perspective into gritty, polished music that grabs listeners with its sound, and holds them with its content. Nick Hennessey and Maceo Vidal-Haymes, two Chicago natives, man the keys and guitar respectively, with Maceo handling vocal duties. --- Penelope Alegria is the Chicago Youth Poet Laureate for 2019-2020 and a two-time member of Young Chicago Authors' artistic apprenticeship. Her work has been featured or is forthcoming in La Nueva Semana, Muse/A Journal, The Breakbeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNEXT, and elsewhere. She is a Brain Mill Press Editor's Pick and was awarded the 2018 Literary Award by Julian Randall. --- Tarfia Faizullah is the author of two poetry collections, Registers of Illuminated Villages (Graywolf 2018) and Seam (SIU 2014). The recipient of a Fulbright fellowship, three Pushcart prizes, and other honors, Tarfia has been featured in periodicals, magazines, and anthologies both here and abroad. --- Krista Franklin is a writer and visual artist, the author Too Much Midnight (Haymarket Books, 2020), the artist book Under the Knife (Candor Arts, 2018), and the chapbook Study of Love & Black Body (Willow Books, 2012). She is a recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant, and a frequent contributor to the projects of fellow artists. Her visual art has exhibited at Poetry Foundation, Konsthall C, Rootwork Gallery, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Studio Museum in Harlem, Chicago Cultural Center, National Museum of Mexican Art, and the set of20th Century Fox's Empire. --- chicago born and raised, roy kinsey is a bit of an anomaly when it comes to tradition in his respective industries. where being a black, queer-identified, rapper, and librarian may be an intimidating choice for some, roy kinsey's non-conformist ideology has informed his 4th album, and self proclaimed, “best work yet,” blackie: a story by roy kinsey. --- Willie Perdomo is the author of The Crazy Bunch, which recently won the New York City Book Award for poetry, The Essential Hits of Shorty Bon Bon, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, Smoking Lovely, winner of the PEN Open Book Award, and Where a Nickel Costs a Dime, a finalist for the Poetry Society of America Norma Farber First Book Award. He is also a co-editor of the BreakBeat Poetry Series anthology, LatiNext. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/BbAovRbt6Zw Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Born in Tijuana in 1971, Hugo Crosthwaite grew up in the coastal town of Rosarito, Baja California, 10 miles south of the international border. A graduate of San Diego State University in 1997 with a BA in Applied Arts and Sciences, Crosthwaite is a draftsman, often using pencil or charcoal, who focuses on the figure. He works in a linear fashion, allowing drawings to develop with great detail. All the work is created with improvisation; narratives developing as works are created. Crosthwaite combines portraiture, comic book references, urban signage, commercial facades, and mythology in dense, layered compositions. Working primarily in black and white Crosthwaite brings characters from allegory and popular media to the stage of the human condition, interacting with the architecture of Tijuana and dreams of the border. The work reflects the character of frenetic urban settings, a border in flux. Fear, hope, pain and celebration are represented together as Crosthwaite elevates the ordinary person to heroic levels showing the trials they endure while surviving in contemporary society. In 2019 Crosthwaite was awarded First Prize at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC for the fifth triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, American Portraiture Today. Crosthwaite's prize-winning stop-motion drawing animation, A Portrait of Berenice Sarmiento Chávez (2018), recounts a woman's journey from Tijuana, Mexico, to the United States in pursuit of the American dream. Whereas stop-motion animations and public mural-making capture Crosthwaite's creation process, the artist's IN MEMORIAM series and other temporary, monumental murals highlight the deconstruction of his work. These are murals that have short lifespans—narratives, that once complete, are deconstructed slowly, piece by piece. Temporary, monumental, site-specific works include: Column A and Column B: A Continual Narrative Performance (2018 on view through 2020) at Liberty Station, San Diego, California; IN MEMORIAM: Los Angeles (2017) at the Museum of Social Justice, Los Angeles; IN MEMORIAM: Cuenca (2016) at the Cuenca Bienal, Ecuador; Child's Tale (2015) at the San Diego State University Downtown Art Gallery; and Las Carpas (2013) at the Orange County Museum of Art. rosthwaite's work has been included in numerous collective exhibitions throughout the United States and Mexico. Most recently: American Portraiture Today (2019) National Portrait Gallery, 20 Diálogos de Pintores Contemporáneos (2018) El Museo de Arte de Querétaro, IN MEMORIAM: Cuenca (2016) Cuenca Bienal de Ecuador, The House on Mango Street (2015) National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, 2013 California-Pacific Triennial at the Orange County Museum of Art, and Morbid Curiosity - The Richard Harris Collection (2012) at the Chicago Cultural Center. please follow Hugo on Instagram check your his website listen to his episode in Spanish with Griselda Rosas on the Pan y Sal Podcast

Tim Samuelson is Chicago's very first Cultural Historian. The Chicago Cultural Center is holding a FREE virtual event “Celebrating a Living Landmark — a tribute to Tim Samuelson,” on Thursday, January 28 at 4–5pm where Tim will be showing off his favorite Chicago artifacts from his collection. Tim joins John Howell to reflect on his life and work in the city. More information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrating-a-living-landmark-a-tribute-to-tim-samuelson-tickets-136364807811

Actress, director, writer, producer, and activist Shakina Nayfack answered my call to bare it all on my podcast Baring It All with Call Me Adam, on the Broadway Podcast Network. Shakina received international attention for crowdfunding her gender confirmation with her 2014 KickStartHer campaign and has since written three rock musicals about her transition. Shakina played a guest-starring role in the series finale of Amazon's Transparent, a Musicale Finale on which she was also a writer and producer. Shakina's fans know from her work as "Lola" in Hulu's cult-comedy series Difficult People and most recently, playing "Ellis" on NBC's new comedy Connecting. In this interview we discuss: Connecting on NBC’s Peakcock/Hulu Finding Love Musical Theatre Factory Shakina’s activism Her new audio play Chonburi International Hotel, and Butterfly Club recorded by Audible Rapid Fire Questions End with Shakina baring something she has not talked about previously Stream Connecting on Peacock or Hulu Connect with Shakina: Website Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Like What You Hear? Join my Patreon Family to get backstage perks including advanced notice of interviews, the ability to submit a question to my guests, behind-the-scene videos, and so much more! Follow me on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Visit: https://callmeadam.com for more my print/video interviews Special Thanks: My Patreon Family for their continued support: Angelo, Reva and Alan, Marianne, Danielle, Tara, and The Golden Gays NYC. Join the fun at https://patreon.com/callmeadamnyc. Theme Song by Bobby Cronin (https://bit.ly/2MaADvQ) Podcast Logo by Liam O'Donnell (https://bit.ly/2YNI9CY) Edited by Drew Kaufman (https://bit.ly/2OXqOnw) Outro Music Underscore by CueTique (Website: https://bit.ly/31luGmT, Facebook: @CueTique) More on Shakina: Originally from Southern California, Shakina enjoys an eclectic career as a performer, director, writer, producer, and social activist. Shakina can be seen on Marvel's Jessica Jones (Netflix) and The Detour (TBS) and heard as the voice of “Hana” in the Gkids remaster and English dub of the Satoshi Kon anime cult classic Tokyo Godfathers. Shakina's autobiographical rock musicals One Woman Show (2013), Post-Op (2015), and Manifest Pussy (2106) all premiered to sold-out houses at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater in New York City. She has performed on Broadway in 24-Hour Plays and Gypsy Of The Year, as well as Off-Broadway in M.J. Kauffman's Masculinity Max at The Public Theater, and in Manuel Versus The Statue Of Liberty (As Lady Liberty). Shakina received international attention for her 2016 Rebel Tour of North Carolina, where she performed in protest of the anti-trans law HB2 ("The Bathroom Bill"). Shakina is also the Founding Artistic Director of Musical Theatre Factory (MTF), a non-profit artist service organization dedicated to developing new work. In 2015 Shakina received a Lilly Award recognizing the remarkable contributions to the American Theatre made by women. She is also a two-time Drama League fellow, having been selected for the New Musical Directing Fellowship (2011) and the Beatrice Terry Fellowship for women playwright/directors (2017), supporting the development of her new play, Chonburi International Hotel, and Butterfly Club. Shakina roots herself as a Butoh-inspired artist trained beneath Diego Piñón, founder of Body Ritual Movement. With an MFA in Experimental Choreography and a Ph.D. in Critical Dance Studies (both from the University of California at Riverside), Shakina has pioneered her own Butoh for the Actor method, developed through masterclasses at the University of California at Santa Cruz, the Chicago Cultural Center, Casa del Teatro in Mexico City, Barrington Stage Company, The Drama League, the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, and most recently as adjunct faculty at NYU Tisch Drama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Steve and Catherine have the distinct pleasure and honor to interview Luis Sahagun, an amazing artist who is tremendously candid in sharing how he discovered that his artmaking gave him, an undocumented at-risk youth from south of Chicago, a voice. He speaks on how he discovered that he is a creative, how he's received support for being an artist and how sometimes he recieved messages that weren't so supportive. He also shared about his earliest memories of his creative process, leaving a more lucrative design career, and how he learned that exploring and researching the images that came out of his creative process truly helped him process trauma and loss. You will learn on the tough decisions and sacrifices Luis has made to create his art and he speaks on how he teaches children that they too have a voices. Luis has been featured in New American Paintings (Issue #111), and his work was showcased at the International Exposition of Contemporary Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago. He has also held residencies at Arquetopia Oaxaca, Roswell New Mexico, Chicago Artist Coalition, Mana Contemporary in Miami, Michigan State University in East Lansing and the Chicago Cultural Center which featured his one-person show, BOTH EAGLE AND SERPENT. Cate White when talking about his show, THE MOUNTAINS WHISPERED AND THE CANYON SANG, says that Luis Sahagun has one of these voices that carries far and wide. His realness allows him to connect with any social group—from the hood to the hills and whatever’s in between. NOTE: This episode has a few adult wordsLuis Sahagun - Website Both Eagle and Serpent - Chicago Cultural CenterChicago Gallery News article about BOTH EAGLE AND SERPENT

Yuge studied drawing under Chinese contemporary painter Kaixi Cui 崔开玺 and eventually moved into Video Art after earning her Master of Fine Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Yuge’s work addresses connections, isolation and longing across urban and natural environments. She creates immersive experiences through digital collaging and sculptural reliefs. Yuge also directs and curates the 3300-square foot 150 Media Stream, a unique public digital art installation in Chicago. In addition to her MFA, she holds a masters degree in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University.Yuge has exhibited her work nationally and internationally including the Grand Rapids Art Museum; Elmhurst Art Museum; Spartanburg Art Museum; Ars Electronica Center at Linz, Austria; Chicago Cultural Center; SIGGRAPH Asia in Kobe, Japan; Microscope Gallery in NY among many others. Yuge’s work has been featured in various publications such as the New York Magazine, HYPEBEAST, and The Atlantic Monthly. Yuge received the Santo Foundation Individual Artist Award in 2017 and Honorary Mention in the 2020 Prix Ars Electronica. She is currently an artist at NEW INC, the world's first museum-led incubator for art, technology and design founded by New Museum. Follow her work @yugezhou

In this episode, we head to Joliet for our Inspirational guest, Mike Massett! As part of This humbling experience, we get to know Mike, who is an award-winning children's performer and educator. We learn that he is an avid music lover, nature enthusiast, and Chicago native. Mike Is a long-time member of the children's band, Mr. Singer and the Sharp Cookies. The band specializes in fresh, positive, high-energy music, at kid-friendly volumes. Mr. Singer and the Sharp Cookies are a multi-faceted group, and have played In such places, including The Chicago Cultural Center and Lincoln Park Zoo. Mike's Social Platforms https://www.mrsingerandthesharpcookies.com/bio https://www.instagram.com/adventuredwarf/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tnochicago/message

Elgin Bokari is a Visual and Performing artist, a Program Director at Free Write Arts & literacy, the President of Elephant Rebellion and a Co-Creator of Pocket Con, a comic book convention that celebrates art by youth and POC. He joined Jill Hopkins along with Hip Hop artist D-Nick The Microphone Misfit and visual artist Ashley Woods to talk about Pocket Con taking place this Saturday, 12/15 at Chicago Cultural Center. For more info about the Con, visit: http://pocketcon.org

From Wiggleworms to the Latin Music Festival, this two-part episode explores how the school has expanded class offerings and community programs to be more inclusive and broad-reaching over the past 36 years. This is part five of a six-part documentary series on the 60-year history of Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music, told through the voices and songs of the people who were there. The conversations featured were gathered in collaboration with StoryCorps this year, along with archival music culled from the school's Resource Center. Go to oldtownschool.org/StoryCorps to hear more excerpts, full interviews, and to learn more about this ongoing partnership. Original recordings featured in this episode (in order of occurrence): - “Glory of Love” performed by Big Bill Broonzy live at Circle Pines Center, circa 1950s - “Yemaya” performed by Conjunto Cespedes, 4544 N Lincoln Ave, 2/5/2000 - StoryCorps conversation between Jim Hirsch & Skip Landt, StoryCorps booth at the Chicago Cultural Center, 7/6/2017 - “Puerto Rico Mi Tierra Natal” performed by Los Pleneros de la 21, University of Chicago, 11/25/1989 - StoryCorps conversation between Michael Miles & Skip Landt, 4545 N Lincoln Ave, 10/20/2017 - “Carnavalito” performed by Andes Manta, 4544 N Lincoln Ave, World Music Wednesday, 4/6/2011 - Interviews with Juan Dies by Mareva Lindo & Raul Fernandez, 11/11/2016 & 12/2/2016 - “De Camaleon” performed by Groupo Canta Claro, 4544 N Lincoln Ave, World Music Wednesday, 8/10/2008 - “Jarabe Planeco” performed by Sones de Mexico Ensemble, 4544 N Lincoln Ave, Festival de Son, 11/11/2006 - StoryCorps conversation between Mateo Mulcahy & Karima Daoudi, 4545 N Lincoln Ave, 9/27/2017 - “Cripple Creek” performed by Fleming Brown & Ray Tate, 333 W North Ave, 4/15/1962 - “Joulafassa“ performed by Mamadou Diabate, 4544 N Lincoln Ave, World Music Wednesday, 8/6/2008 - “Skip to My Lou” performed by Anne-Marie Akin, “Songs for Wiggleworms,” 2006 - StoryCorps conversation between Katie Lahiff & Erin Flynn, 4545 N Lincoln Ave, 5/1/2017 - StoryCorps conversation between Laura Doherty & Karen Banks-Lubicz, 4545 N Lincoln Ave, 5/20/2017 - “If All of the Raindrops” performed by Laura Doherty, “Songs for Wiggleworms,” 2006 Recommended listening: - Live from the Old Town School, Vol 1-4, 2011: https://www.oldtownschool.org/liverecordings/ - Songs for Wiggleworms, 2006: https://www.bloodshotrecords.com/album/songs-fo-wiggleworms

I look at Vivian Maier and remember Jane Hathaway, Mr. Drysdale's scholarly secretary on The Beverly Hillbillies.   Vivian was born in France in 1926. We don't know how or when Vivian came to America, but at age 11 she began working in a New York sweatshop.   She learned English by sitting in movie theaters, alone in the dark.   Alone in the dark. That pretty much describes Vivian's life except for 1959, the year she turned 33 and found just enough money to travel abroad to strange and exotic places; Egypt, Thailand, Vietnam, France, Italy, Indonesia, Taiwan.   Highly unusual for a woman of her time, Vivian journeyed alone.   Even more unusual, she often wore a man's bulky jacket, ugly and awkward men's shoes and a large, floppy hat. And she constantly took photographs that she never showed anyone.   It appears that Vivian escaped the sweatshops by moving to Chicago in the early 1950's and taking work as a nanny to three young boys: Matthew, Lane and John are now old men but remember Vivian as “peculiar, our own Mary Poppins. One time she brought home a dead snake to show us, another time she convinced the milkman to drive us all to school in his delivery truck. But in the 10 years she worked for our family, she never once received a phone call.”   When the 3 boys were raised, Vivian became unemployed. The next half-century saw her shift from family to family, always caring for children who were not her own.   One employer hired Vivian to care for his disabled daughter. “But first thing in the morning on her day off, that camera would be around her neck and we wouldn't see her again until late at night. I remember her as a private person but one who had very strong opinions about movies and politics.”   Vivian was born a French Catholic but according to her employers she died an anti-Catholic, Socialist, Feminist movie critic who hated American movies but loved foreign films.   At age 83, still in Chicago, she slipped on the ice and hit her head and died.   But on the other side of Chicago, alone in the dark, sat 100,000 photo negatives and more than 1,000 rolls of undeveloped film in a public storage facility. When Vivian didn't show up to pay her storage fees, the contents of her space were turned over to an auction house.   Vivian's features remind me of Jane Hathaway but her life reminds me of Emily Dickinson. No one knew Emily was a writer until after the funeral when they cleaned out her chest-of-drawers and found more than 1,500 of the finest poems ever written in the English language.   Likewise, the buyer of Vivian's negatives was stunned by what he found. And though John Maloof has scanned only 30,000 of Vivian's 100,000 photo negatives, Finding Vivian Maier is currently the featured exhibit at the Chicago Cultural Center. A book and a documentary movie are in the works.   As a longtime collector of black-and-white photography (and the publisher of Accidental Magic, a coffee-table photo book,) I believe we'll soon see Vivian Maier photographs featured at Sotheby's and Christie's.   From a storage locker in suburban Chicago to the finest auction houses in the world, I believe the second journey of Vivian Maier has only just begun.   http://mondaymemo.wpengine.com/rabbithole (A)Roy H. Williams